| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Second Generation11. Mary Jane ACKLEY was born about 1842 in Oneonta, Otsego , New York.1,2 She appeared in the census in 1850 in New York. Mary Jane ACKLEY and Jacob REX were married on 31 Jan 1914 in Marble Rock, Floyd , Iowa.40 Mary Jane ACKLEY and Samuel
REX were married in Oct 1859 in Marble Rock, Floyd , Iowa.1,41,42 Their family consists of nine children, four sons and
five daughters Samuel REX41 (son of Living and Mary Ann ASPER) was born about 1834
in Summit , Ohio.41 He died
before 1914.40 He was Constable
& Deputy Sheriff.1 S. REX
was born in Summit County O., in 1834; made his home with his father, Rudolph
REX, till he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to Floyd County, Ia.,
in the fall of 1856. He came into possession of 100 acres of land through the
gift of his father, who had purchased, in 1856, 1,200 acres in Union Township,
this county. This he exchanged for 115 acres near Marble Rock, which he still
owns and is farming. The first year after coming to this county he worked for
his father; the next twenty years he was either a township or county officer,
holding the positions of Constable and Deputy Sheriff. During this time he managed
his farm and carried on quite a stroke of acgriculture through kind help. In
1858 he purchased a half interest in a steam saw-mill in Marble Rock, and ran
it two years, when he sold out, and turned his attention principally to farming,
till the railroad came through, when he bought and shipped stock two years. Since
then, and in fact, we may say since 1857, he has been engaged in farming, but
has coupled with its various branches of business. In November, 1881, he formed
a partnership with N. Rosenkrans in a meat market, in which business they are
still successfully engaged. Mr. REX was married in Marble Rock, October, 1859,
to Miss Mary J. ACKLEY, a native of New York State. She is a daughter of Mr.
ACKLEY, who came to this county in an early day. Their family consists of nine
children, four sons and five daughters. Politically Mr. REX has been a Republican
since his first vote, which was for John C. Fremont, in favor of temperance and
approved the Amendment. Mary Jane ACKLEY and Samuel REX had the following children:
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